HP Connected Music IndiBlogger Meet

I spent the day at the hp Connected Music IndiBlogger Meet held at Otto Infinito in the BKC. As this was my first blogger meet,I was just looking to see what was what.

I expected to meet other bloggers.And in a way I did.Unfortunately I found the time allotted to interact with each other severely limited.Shaking hands,mumbling greetings and introductions and scribbling on each others’ cards in a few seconds is  hardly conducive to getting to know anybody.And it had the feel of one of those networking parties where everyone glues on a fake smile and shakes hands and tries to look interested while their eyes are darting over to the next quarry.Without the cement of genuine feelings networking doesn’t count for anything.Out of the 160 participants.I doubt if I can recall the names,faces and blog details of more than a dozen people and I think that’s a pity.On the bright side,I met a school mate after 19 years.I guess that counts for a lot.In the midst of a group of people both younger and older than me,it helped me get a sense of travelling in a cohort.I value my connections from school a lot more now,than I did at 15,when crossing the next frontier was more important than enjoying what I had at hand. Read more of this post